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{{Resource Title|Alleged Contradictions in Latter-day Saint Scripture}}
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{{:Question: Why are there discrepancies between translations in the Book of Mormon, King James Bible and the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?}}
{{:Question: Do Doctrine and Covenants 20:37 and 2 Nephi 31:17 or 3 Nephi 12:2 contradict one another regarding the order in which one receives baptism and a remission of sins?}}
{{:Question: Are Mormon scriptures full of contradictions?}}
{{:Question: Why does the Book of Mormon and Book of Moses describe "God" as creating, while the Book of Abraham describes "Gods?"}}


Some present two or more scriptures from LDS scripture, and insist that the scriptures contradict each other.
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The links below examine the supposed contradictions, presents the scriptures cited in context, and demonstrate that claims of contradiction rest on:
 
# a misinterpretation of LDS scripture
# comparing two verses which are speaking about different things
# reading Protestant meanings into scriptural terminology
 
===Holy Bible scriptures===
 
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*[[Joseph_Smith_Translation_and_the_Book_of_Mormon#An_Example:_The_Lord.27s_Prayer|Matthew 6:13]]
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{{BoM, JST, and KJV links}}
 
===Book of Mormon scriptures===
 
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!width="25%"|Jacob - Mosiah
!width="25%"|Alma
!width="25%"|3 Nephi - Moroni
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* [[Joseph_Smith_Translation_and_the_Book_of_Mormon#An_Example:_The_Lord.27s_Prayer|3 Nephi 13:12]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#10|1 Nephi 15:35]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#4|2 Nephi 2:14]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#9|2 Nephi 9:25-26]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#5|2 Nephi 9:34]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#13|2 Nephi 26:31]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#10|2 Nephi 28:22]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Remission of sins before or after baptism|2 Nephi 31:17]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#1|2 Nephi 31:21]]
 
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#12|Jacob 1:15]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#12|Jacob 2:24]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#12|Jacob 3:5]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#4|Jacob 4:9]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#7|Jacob 4:9 (2nd)]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#8|Mosiah 2:36-39]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#12|Mosiah 11:2]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#10|Mosiah 16:11]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#9|Mosiah 25:24-27]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#13|Mosiah 27:5]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#10|Mosiah 27:31]]
 
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#1|Alma 11:27-39, 44]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#2|Alma 18:26-28]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#7|Alma 18:28, 34-36]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#2|Alma 22:8-11]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#8|Alma 34:32-35]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#3|Alma 34:36]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#10|Alma 41:4-8]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#6|Alma 41:8]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#10|Alma 42:16]]
 
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#1|3 Nephi 11:27]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Remission of sins before or after baptism|3 Nephi 12:2]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#11|3 Nephi 30:2]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#1|Mormon 7:7]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#14|Mormon 8:32]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#5|Ether 3:12]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#9|Moroni 8:22-23]]
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{{BoM, JST, and KJV links}}
 
===Doctrine and Covenants scriptures===
 
{| valign="top" border="1" style="width:100%; font-size:85%"
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!width="25%"|Section 26-50
!width="25%"|Section 51-100
!width="25%"|Section 100+
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Remission of sins before or after baptism|D&C 20:37]]
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#11|D&C 42:18]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#13|D&C 42:71-73]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#13|D&C 43:12-13]]
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#13|D&C 51:13-14]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#5|D&C 56:4-5]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#14|D&C 64:23]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#10|D&C 76:43, 70-112]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#7|D&C 93:23, 29-32]]
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#15|D&C 107:53]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#15|D&C 116:1]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#15|D&C 117:8]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#1|D&C 121:32]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#8|D&C 128:5]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#9|D&C 128:5, 17-18]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#3|D&C 130:3]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#2|D&C 130:22]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#12|D&C 132:1, 37-39]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#1|D&C 132:18-20,37]]
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===Pearl of Great Price scriptures===
 
{| valign="top" border="1" style="width:100%; font-size:85%"
!width="25%"|Moses
!width="25%"|Abraham
!width="25%"|Joseph Smith History
!width="25%"|Articles of Faith
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#4|Moses ch. 2]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#15|Moses 3, 8, 10-15]]
 
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* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#5|Abraham 2:22-25]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#2|Abraham ch. 3-4]]
* [[Supposed_contradictions_in_LDS_scripture/Contradictions_in_LDS_scripture_table#7|Abraham 3:21-23]]
 
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